The same "logic" could be applied to an office worker who spits at his supervisor when asked to perform a task he doesn't agree with.
You are the one painting the whole world in either stark black or stark white terms. There are degrees of compliance with anything. My example (which seems to have sailed completely over your head) is to illustrate that you can't accept
blind obedience to authority at all times -- which you seem to advocate. Likewise
blind disobedience at all times is equally bad. The world is not bland or white, nor even shades of gray, it's multicolored.
Your strawman arguments and
simplistic view of life are actually what are "infantile and completely misplaced."
You are the one painting the whole world in either stark black or stark white terms. There are degrees of compliance with anything. My example (which seems to have sailed completely over your head) is to illustrate that you can't accept blind obedience to authority at all times -- which you seem to advocate. Likewise blind disobedience at all times is equally bad. The world is not bland or white, nor even shades of gray, it's multicolored. Your strawman arguments and simplistic view of life are actually what are "infantile and completely misplaced." We're dealing with minor children here. They're not being expected to "blindly obey," but rather, to comply with a set of policies that have been established to facilitate their safety and ability to receive an education. "Blind obedience" would imply that when told to jump off a cliff, they'd comply without question. That's not what's expected of them here, and furthermore, you know that perfectly well. Your line of argumentation here is precisely what I'd expect from a 17-year-old, not an adult, experienced with the world, who has the best interests of a child at heart.
Given his very poor impulse control, I'm inclined to think that, unfortunately, this young individual will soon find himself in a different kind of trouble with a different kind of authority.
